'DRUNK' OUt RAMS INTO CLINIC

Trok crash leaves Khayelitsha animal surgery room in ruins

- BY MARSHA DEAN

A 'DRUNK' driver was arrested after crashing a truck into the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha causing devastating damage to the clinic's operating theatre.

Tuesday evening’s 6pm incident comes after another vehicle had driven into its fence just the day before.

Marcelle du Plessis, Mdzananda’s Fundraising and Communications Executive, said that the entire operating theatre will need to be rebuilt. In addition, the clinic’s storage room was flattened and requires urgent reconstruction.

Du Plessis explained: “This is damage of an enormous scale, damage we could never have budgeted or prepared for. We are devastated, but we are also grateful that no animals or staff were harmed.”